噴飯

Chinese

fragrant; sneeze; to puff
fragrant; sneeze; to puff; to spout; to spray; to spurt
 
food; cuisine; cooked rice
food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
 
trad. (噴飯)
simp. (喷饭)

Etymology

First attested in 1079 in a famous prose by Su Shi.

與可是日發函失笑噴飯滿 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
与可是日发函失笑喷饭 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: c. 1079, Su Shi蘇軾), 文與可畫篔簹谷偃竹記, translated by C. D.
Yǔkě shìrì yǔ qí qī yóu gǔ zhōng, shāo sǔn wǎnshí, fāhán dé shī, shīxiào pēnfàn mǎn'àn. [Pinyin]
On that day, it happened that Yü K'o, accompanied by his wife, went to visit the valley, and cooked bamboo shoots for their evening meal. When he opened my letter and found the poem, he burst out laughing, spluttering rice all over the table!

Pronunciation


Verb

噴⫽飯 (verb-object)

  1. to laugh so hard as to spew one's food; to split one's sides with laughter

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふん
Grade: S
はん > ぱん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Literally "to spew one's food"

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぱん [fùńpáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟̃mpã̠ɴ]

Noun

(ふん)(ぱん) • (funpan

  1. bursting out laughing, something ridiculous that makes one laugh
    そいつ噴飯(ふんぱん)ものだ
    soitsu wa funpan mono da
    what a ridiculous person

Verb

(ふん)(ぱん)する • (funpan surusuru (stem (ふん)(ぱん) (funpan shi), past (ふん)(ぱん)した (funpan shita))

  1. to burst out laughing

Usage notes

Usually followed by もの (mono)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "噴飯する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 噴飯し ふんぱんし funpan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 噴飯し ふんぱんし funpan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 噴飯する ふんぱんする funpan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 噴飯する ふんぱんする funpan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 噴飯すれ ふんぱんすれ funpan sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 噴飯せよ¹
噴飯しろ²
ふんぱんせよ¹
ふんぱんしろ²
funpan seyo¹
funpan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 噴飯される ふんぱんされる funpan sareru
Causative 噴飯させる
噴飯さす
ふんぱんさせる
ふんぱんさす
funpan saseru
funpan sasu
Potential 噴飯できる ふんぱんできる funpan dekiru
Volitional 噴飯しよう ふんぱんしよう funpan shiyō
Negative 噴飯しない ふんぱんしない funpan shinai
Negative continuative 噴飯せず ふんぱんせず funpan sezu
Formal 噴飯します ふんぱんします funpan shimasu
Perfective 噴飯した ふんぱんした funpan shita
Conjunctive 噴飯して ふんぱんして funpan shite
Hypothetical conditional 噴飯すれば ふんぱんすれば funpan sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN